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São Luís

UTC−3

Brazil · BRT

Dry season
21:45:12Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:00↓ 18:0024:00
Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
18:00
Daylight
12.0hrs
Population
1.1M
Season
Dry season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

São Luís, Brazil runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 1-hour difference between São Luís and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in São Luís lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between São Luís and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:00 in São Luís lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between São Luís and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santiago. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from São Luís.

Practical Info

São Luís (Brazil) is home to roughly 1.1M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Brazil

Brazil

Capital

Brasília

Continent

South America

Time Zone

BRT · America/Fortaleza

Coordinates

2.53°S, 44.30°W

Currency

BRL (R$)

Calling Code

+55

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

Portuguese

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A City Founded by the French

São Luís is the only Brazilian state capital founded by the French, in 1612, before being taken by the Dutch and then the Portuguese. Its old town has around 3,500 buildings faced in Portuguese azulejo tiles and is a UNESCO site.

The clock: São Luís keeps UTC−3. The Lençóis Maranhenses nearby is a field of white dunes that fills with rainwater lagoons each wet season.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

3h overlap
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